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Several killed when Amtrak train hurtles from overpass

Several killed when Amtrak train hurtles from overpass

An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new… Continue reading

Several killed when Amtrak train hurtles from overpass
State terminates Cooke’s lease for Port Angeles salmon farm

State terminates Cooke’s lease for Port Angeles salmon farm

Meetings are expected to begin this week between the state Department of Natural Resources and Cooke Aquaculture Pacific on plans to shut… Continue reading

State terminates Cooke’s lease for Port Angeles salmon farm
Port Townsend Main Street plans campaign to help businesses during construction

Port Townsend Main Street plans campaign to help businesses during construction

The Port Townsend Main Street Program has a plan to help downtown businesses thrive during the 6-month Water Street Enhancement Project construction… Continue reading

Port Townsend Main Street plans campaign to help businesses during construction
The Duttas’ adoption journey: Sequim couple looks to bring boy from India into family

The Duttas’ adoption journey: Sequim couple looks to bring boy from India into family

Chelsea and Amith Dutta want to start their young family with an international adoption. In order to make this dream a reality, the… Continue reading

The Duttas’ adoption journey: Sequim couple looks to bring boy from India into family

Click here for today’s e-edition of the Peninsula Daily News

Due to vendor issues, the e-edition of today’s Peninsula Daily News is not available in its usual place on our homepage. The following links will… Continue reading

Port Angeles Citizen of the Year finalists are busy community volunteers

Port Angeles Citizen of the Year finalists are busy community volunteers

They are all givers. Each in their own way, the three finalists for Citizen of the Year for the Port Angeles Regional… Continue reading

Port Angeles Citizen of the Year finalists are busy community volunteers
Sections of Olympic Discovery Trail completed

Sections of Olympic Discovery Trail completed

Trail users, elected officials and conservationists celebrated the opening of new sections of the Olympic Discovery Trail on Friday. The ribbon cutting… Continue reading

Sections of Olympic Discovery Trail completed

Click here for today’s e-edition of the Peninsula Daily News

Due to vendor issues, the e-edition of today’s Peninsula Daily News is not available in its usual place on our homepage. The following links will… Continue reading

Barkhuis leaves treasurer position on Friday, citing work-related stress

Barkhuis leaves treasurer position on Friday, citing work-related stress

PORT ANGELES —After saying for nearly a year she would resign, elected Clallam County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis made it official last week, quitting Friday, a… Continue reading

Barkhuis leaves treasurer position on Friday, citing work-related stress
Signs of change: Stop now means stop in Port Townsend

Signs of change: Stop now means stop in Port Townsend

Drivers in Port Townsend now have to stop at all stop signs — which hasn’t been the case for about a decade.… Continue reading

Signs of change: Stop now means stop in Port Townsend
Downtown Port Townsend project bid OK’d

Downtown Port Townsend project bid OK’d

The Port Townsend City Council has unanimously approved a Sequim company’s $2.3 million bid for the Water Street Enhancement Project. Construction is… Continue reading

Downtown Port Townsend project bid OK’d
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The building that formerly housed the Olympic Skate Center on West Seventh Street in Port Angeles has been purchased by Northwest Kidney Center.

Northwest Kidney Centers buys Olympic Skate Center in Port Angeles

Northwest Kidney Centers has bought the shuttered Olympic Skate Center with plans to raze the building and construct a new dialysis facility… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The building that formerly housed the Olympic Skate Center on West Seventh Street in Port Angeles has been purchased by Northwest Kidney Center.

Jefferson commissioners approve $56 million budget for 2018

Jefferson County commissioners adopted the county’s $56 million 2018 budget Monday. The budget was adopted after minor last-minute changes were made following… Continue reading

Lawmaker: Replacement Highway 101 bridge over Elwha River is fully funded

Lawmaker: Replacement Highway 101 bridge over Elwha River is fully funded

A replacement bridge for U.S. Highway 101 over the Elwha River is fully funded and should go out to bid in early… Continue reading

Lawmaker: Replacement Highway 101 bridge over Elwha River is fully funded

Slight Port Angeles utility hike likely; residents complain of high rates

City customers can expect a slight increase in utility bills next year if the Port Angeles City Council adopts a recommended adjustment.… Continue reading

Clallam to require pharmaceutical companies to support ‘take back’ kiosks

Clallam to require pharmaceutical companies to support ‘take back’ kiosks

Getting rid of grandpa’s pain pills or the kids’ expired cold medicine will be safer and more convenient next year, Clallam County… Continue reading

Clallam to require pharmaceutical companies to support ‘take back’ kiosks
Sequim’s Star Wars Connection: Episode II — more details emerge about local ties to the space opera

Sequim’s Star Wars Connection: Episode II — more details emerge about local ties to the space opera

Wookiees. Tauntauns. Ugnaughts. Since the 1970s, this mix of creatures has made an impact in the Star Wars universe helping fly the Millennium… Continue reading

Sequim’s Star Wars Connection: Episode II — more details emerge about local ties to the space opera

Port Angeles man charged with attempted bank robbery

James Lavon Lewis was charged Wednesday with an attempted robbery at the 1st Security Bank in Port Angeles and with allegedly forging… Continue reading

Net pens, climate dominate as Clallam commissioners take testimony on draft shoreline plan

Net pens, climate dominate as Clallam commissioners take testimony on draft shoreline plan

Clallam County commissioners were flooded with public testimony on net pens, climate change and other parts of the draft shoreline plan Tuesday.… Continue reading

Net pens, climate dominate as Clallam commissioners take testimony on draft shoreline plan
Fire leaves Brinnon man homeless

Fire leaves Brinnon man homeless

A Brinnon man is homeless after a fire erupted in his Mount Walker home. Firefighters from Jefferson and Mason County fought the fire… Continue reading

Fire leaves Brinnon man homeless